Why Rome Fell - Michael Arnheim

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Biographie:
Dr. Michael Arnheim is a Sometime Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and a practicing London Barrister. After he was awarded his Ph.D at 25, his doctoral thesis was published by the Oxford University Press under the title of The Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman Empire--the first of 23 published books to date. At age 31, Arnheim was appointed full Professor and Head of the Department of Classics at his old university in South Africa, subsequently returning to Britain to take the Bar.

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About the Author ix Preface xii Introduction 1 Part I: Transition From The Ancient To The Medieval World And Beyond 11 1. Rome: From Monarchy to Monarchy 13 2. Diocletian: Hammer of the Aristocracy 60 3. Constantine the Reformer 83 4. The Christian Empire 118 5. Continuity and Change 149 6. Two Models of Government 197 Part II: Conflicting Theories 261 Prologue to Part II 263 7. Varieties of History 273 8. Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 299 9. The Malaria Hypothesis 308 10. The Role of Religion 315 11. The Pirenne Thesis 344 12. Late Antiquity 357 13. Assassination or Accommodation? 379 Part III: Envoi 409 14. Conclusion 411 Glossary 433 List of Primary Sources and Abbreviations 435 Select Bibliography 439 Index 452